Chapter 207: Don't give an inch
"Carmelo has found his touch!"
As Anthony hit another shot, "Melon Pink" Barkley looked very excited and shouted: "Now the boys in Philadelphia are going to face a tough battle!" ”
"They are facing a tough battle, what are you excited about......"
In the face of Kenny Smith's complaint, Barkley laughed, shook his fat head and said: "From the opening to the present, we have seen a lot of unexpected wonderful scenes. In particular, the indomitable fighting spirit shown by the Philadelphia boys is even more admirable. In the face of a strong team like the Denver Nuggets, which has one of the best firepower in the whole league, Philadelphia did not give in, as if the Allen people had left Philadelphia, but the fighting spirit remained here! ”
'Allen himself has been outstanding, and the rest of the players in Denver have been playing well. Needless to say, Philadelphia side, almost all the players are playing at a super level, except for Andre's mediocre mid-range pitcher, the Chinese kid, Kyle, Miller, and even the recruit Rodney have performed well. ”
"Such an expected game, if Carmelo, as Denver's top scorer, is always in the doldrums, it won't look good~"
Barkley was right, from the beginning to the end of the third quarter, Anthony never found his best touch, and Denver's offense was still sharp, but it was mainly thanks to Iverson's personal assault and needle-threading that the team was not completely knocked down on the offensive end.
And now that the game is coming to an end, Anthony is suddenly starting to feel his senses, which is a problem for Philadelphia, but a good thing for neutral fans.
Without Camero's all-round firepower, can the Denver Nuggets still be called the Denver Nuggets?
"Kyle, don't be discouraged!"
After being shot by Anthony in a row, Korver looked a little lost, sighed incessantly, and seemed to be very dissatisfied with his defense.
Chen Mu hurriedly stepped forward to say a few words of comfort. said: "If you can't hold it on the defensive end, find it back on the offensive end!" ”
This sentence has become Chen Mu's signature quotation together with "give me the ball", and even many years later, when Chen Mu became famous and became a generation of striker hegemons, there would be Chen Mu's fans who took out these two sentences, as if these two sentences were the best embodiment of Chen Mu's indomitable fighting spirit.
But that's another story.
The game continued, and Anthony's recovery gave the Nuggets, who had been struggling with Philadelphia all the time, a respite. The score continued to be stretched, and the 12-point gap was not too big. But in the second half of the fourth quarter, it was already a pretty good advantage, enough for the team to slow down, kill time, and overpower the 76ers with firepower and experience.
On the 76ers' side, on the other hand, the situation is quite bad. Originally, as the game progressed, the effectiveness of their faster-than-light counter-attack strategy would continue to decline. First, the physical strength of the players has declined, which has led to a decline in the shooting rate, which is an internal cause. Second, Denver has gradually found its groove in the continuous and rapid offensive and defensive battles against Philadelphia. After getting used to this rhythm of the game, the defense is more targeted, which is an external factor.
What's more, Anthony is picking up at this point. So that Denver can safely hand over the ball to the ace player on the offensive end, and once again play the opening two-sided singles burst strategy. In this way, Iverson does not need to constantly break through to the basket, and his position is slightly outside, and he is more comfortable defending Philadelphia's counterattack.
Under the trade-off. The situation in Philadelphia is getting more and more serious.
Raising his eyes to look at the scoreboard, Chen Mu couldn't help but sigh slightly.
With less than five minutes left on the clock, Anthony was in a big swing when he returned to the court. One person made 3 mid-range shots and a long-range three-pointer in a row, and scored 9 points on his own, and Denver's morale was booming.
"It's not enough to get it back on the offensive end, you need to add some chips on the defensive end as well, and the game will turn around!"
More than 4 minutes was still enough, and the score of both sides was very high, proving that in addition to the fast pace, the defense of both sides was not good. Chen Mu knows very well that continuing to score at this time is only the first aspect to be done, how to make Anthony cool down again and force Iverson to regain the ball and make a personal breakthrough is the key.
But in order to maintain the attacking power, among the players on the Philadelphia court, Chen Mu and Iguodala are good defenders, Carney and Miller are flawed defenders, but the problem is not too big, the key Korver is eaten to death by Anthony, and he has no power to fight back at all.
What to do?
Chen Mu was thinking about the tactical plan while participating in the offense, Martin's single defense ability is indeed far above Evans, but the rebounding skills are far from being an idiot. At this time, Chen Mu grabbed rebounds more easily, and he was able to put more energy on the offensive end.
The free throw line received Miller's pass, Chen Mu quickly made a strong and weak side transfer, Iguodala received the ball and went down, facing Camby's supplementary defense and passed back to Chen Mu, Chen Mu just wanted to shoot, Martin had quickly lifted up, pressing up.
"Whoosh"
With a light pass, Chen Mu's eyes didn't look to the side at all, but the basketball in his hand suddenly flew to the weak side. At the three-point line, Surgical Wall received the ball and shot a three-pointer without hesitation.
"Let Martin pester me, and the rebounds under the basket will be in danger of being rushed by Iguodala and Carney, and the Nuggets must let Anthony, who is good at rebounding, drop back slightly to protect the rebound, so Korver will definitely get the open space!"
Chen Mu's idea was not wrong, when Korver shot, Anthony's position was a little inside, and he couldn't stop it in time, so he could only watch the three-point master shoot and pray that the ball would not go in.
"Dang!"
The basketball really didn't hit, and Korver beat his chest so that he couldn't get angry, and before he could come back to his senses, the familiar orange shadow appeared in front of him again.
"Uh-huh......?!"
Korver himself was also stunned, and when he glanced at the basket, he saw that Chen Mu, who sent the pass, had already rushed to the basket, almost desperately for his life, picked up the offensive rebound above Camby's head, and quickly made a return pass.
"Huh!"
This time, Korver didn't let the opportunity slip away again, hitting a crisp three-pointer to bring the margin back to nine points.
"Good Ball !!"
The fans in the Valgiovia Center have been suppressed for a long time, and Anthony's continuous blows have made the fans hang by a thread, for fear that the team will be defeated. Now that Korver hit a three-point shot, the fans were naturally smiling and cheering loudly.
"Well done!"
Chen Mu came back to the defense, came to Korver's side and high-fived him fiercely, stared at the Nuggets' offense with his eyes, and said to Korver: "Don't think too much about the problem of defense for the time being. If we want to chase points, we have to rely on your three-point shots, and all you have to do is shoot all these damn three-pointers for me......! ”
“……”
Korver was in a trance for a while, Chen Mu's words sounded very similar to Cheeks's tone, damn three-point shot? Ha, it seems that since I started playing basketball, I have rarely heard such a mention.
No, to be precise, since I practiced one-handed three-point marksmanship. No one has ever said anything to themselves, "shoot the three-pointer" or anything like that, because everyone knows that he is a super shooter and will never fall off the chain at a critical moment.
All I have to do is shoot the damn three-pointer?
Korver looked at Chen Mu, and the flame of fighting spirit in his heart was finally mobilized, and there was a roar, and in his eyes that had always been calm, there was actually a trace of almost crazy desire to score.
"Chen. I don't need you to say that. ”
"Huh......?"
Chen Mu didn't know whether it was intentional or not, this sentence ignited Korver's fighting spirit, and it seemed that even he didn't think of it, and glanced back in confusion. But he was stunned for a moment, and then he laughed.
"I'm a shooter, the most accurate shooter in the league, shooting threes. It's my instinct. ”
Korver seemed to be a different person, with a fire burning all over his body, and he didn't look at Chen Mu with his eyes. Just staring at Anthony, this posture is similar to the brave man preparing to go to the dragon slaying expedition.
"Hey ......!"
Chen Mu was happy when he saw it, knowing that there was no need to worry about Korver's side, even such a gentle and handsome guy had said such a forked word, and if he wanted to say more, he seemed to be a little too talkative.
"Then let's get on......!"
"Good!"
Chen Mu and Korver's teammates also listened to the conversation, and the whole team yelled, almost bluffing Iverson, who was advancing with the ball, and lost the best opportunity to break through.
"These guys...... What kind of fame is this?? Why did all of a sudden change in expression, as if he wanted to fight with us?! ”
Iverson's eyes searched for fighter planes while scanning his former teammates in Philadelphia, and finally saw the origin of this fighting spirit on Chen Mu's face.
"Ha, Chinese boy, are you going to eat Kenyan?"
I saw that Chen Mu was bursting with fighting spirit, sticking to Martin to the death, refusing to back down a step, and actually withstanding the muscular man Martin under the condition of inferior strength.
I'll give you Philadelphia, and that's right!
Iverson was relieved at the moment, but he was merciless, and after a few changes of direction and shook Miller, he suddenly threw a high pass.
On one side of the three-second zone, a figure flew into the sky, catching the flying basketball with both hands, ready to return the air relay from Philadelphia.
"Don't think about ......!!!"
Under the Philadelphia basket, Chen Mu also quickly turned around, jumped up with a roar, raised one hand, slapped the basketball with a fierce palm, and with a force, he actually fanned the ball directly to the front court.
"Whoosh!"
At the same time, Miller had already judged the point of the basketball, grabbed the basketball first, and then raised his hand without looking at it was a long pass.
Outside the three-point line in the frontcourt, Korver didn't know when he was in place quickly, his eyes didn't look at the flying basketball, but he just made a catch-and-catch movement with both hands, staring at Denver's basket with bright eyes, and seemed to be still muttering something to himself.
Catch, jump, shoot, land, follow the action. This time, the shot was flawless, and after Korver landed, he didn't even look at whether the basketball was in the frame, and went straight back to defense.
"I'm a shooter."
At this time, Iverson, who had just returned to the half court to grab the rebound, finally heard the words from the mouth of the former little brother.
"I'm a natural marksman......!"
"Huh"
Behind Korver, the basketball hollows into the frame. (To be continued......)